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An early morning stabbing in downtown Chatham sent a 23-year-old Windsor man to hospital with non-life threatening injuries on Friday. Chatham-Kent Const. Rich Kwon keeps an watchful eye out for pedestrians wanting to take a shortcut through the parking lot beside Spanky's Bar while police investigate the incident.

"It's quarter-to-two in the morning and it's out on a vacant street so we're having some difficulty tracking down witnesses," Crane said.

Investigators confirmed the fight did not occur in the bar. Although police are hoping patrons may know something to help them in their investigation.

"My understanding is that it was a pretty busy night (at the bar)," Crane said.

Police kept the parking lot closed to both pedestrian and vehicle traffic until about 5 p.m.

"Identification officers gathered some evidence, blood evidence through swabs. That's why some vehicles were left there, there was some blood on the vehicles as well as in the parking lot," Crane said.

Police refused to say whether a weapon was found.

Anyone with information about this incident is asked to contact Const. Ken Lauzon at 519-436-6623 or Crime Stoppers.